Months Past

It was not until a year after the armistice that the remaining American divisions were withdrawn from Korea, on August 18th, 1954.

The world's longest railway was completed on 21 July 1904.

The Scottish king fought Malcolm Canmore on 27 July 1054.

Christina abdicated her throne on June 6th, 1654.

The Duke of Burgundy, named 'bold' for his bravery at the age of 14 in the Battle of Poitiers, died on April 27th, 1404.

The ‘most controversial character in the history of discovery’ was born on March 9th, 1454. But who was Amerigo Vespucci?

The events leading up to Britain and France's declarations of war on Russia on successive days on 27 and 28 March 1854.

Stalin's security chief Lavrenti Beria was executed on December 23rd, 1953.

The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel on November 24th, 1703, was beyond anything in living memory.

The Russian socialist movement divided on November 16th, 1903.